Carton.



E. 0. TINSLEY.

.CARTON.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 23.1918

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

M wh as 6. M 0 M .w u/ &5 2 M M fi EDWARD O. TINSLEY, OF BROOKLYN, NEWYORK, ASSIGNOR TO ROBERT GAIR COM- PANY, OF YORK, N. Y., A. CORPORATIONOF NEW YORK.

CARTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

Application filed May 23, 1918. Serial No. 236,098.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD O. TINSLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing in Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful, Improvements in Cartons, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to cartons in general and more especially tocartons or paper containers for electric lamp bulbs or the like fragilearticles, which containers will adequately protect such articles duringshipment.

Among the main objects of the present invention it is aimed to provide acarton for an electric lamp bulb or the like article, which carton canbe made of one piece, shipped in large quantities to the packer in neat,compact packages, and which may be quickly set up by the packer, and thearticles packed therein without the use of any securing means such asglue, twine, or the like,

by the packer.

One of the main features of the present invention is the provision of apair offlaps at each end of the carton to cotiperate with the ends ofthe article to be packed to secure the same in place.

The details of the construction of the cooperating pairs of flapsconstitute other features of the invention.

These and other features, capabilities, and advantages of the inventionwill appear from the subjoined detail description of one specificembodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a perspective of the carton before an article is packed therein.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective of the carton partly broken away, illustratingthe carton with the article packed therein.

Fig. 4 is a section of the carton with the article packed therein, thedotted lines diagrammatically showing the relative position of theseveral flaps before being anchored in place.

Fig. 5 is a plan of the blank from which the carton is formed.

In the embodiment illustrated, the blank A from which the carton isformed, (Fig. 5), comprises essentially four main elongated rectangularwalls 6, 7, 8, and 9, the wall 9 having a flange 10 formed along itsfree elongated edge which is preferably glued, or in like other manner,secured to the elongated free edge of the wall 6 so that when the blankis'folded along the scorings 11, 12, 13, and 14, defining the severalwalls and flange 10, an inclosed four-walled structure will be formed.

In the present instance, to the upper free edges of the walls 7 and 9are formed the flaps denoted generally by 15 and 16, and to the lowerfree edges of the same walls 7 and 9, are formed the flaps denotedgenerally by 17 and 18. The flaps 15 and 16 cooperate as shown in Figs.3 and 4 with theteat 19 of the electric lamp bulb 20, while the flaps 17and 18 cotiperate with the cap 21 of such bulb 20; and are defined fromthe walls 7 and 9 by the scorings 22, 23, 24, and 25, respectively. Theflaps l5 and 16 are provided with further scorings 26 and 27,respectively, running parallel to the scorings 22 and 23, and equallyspaced therefrom. The flap 15, which, as shown, does not extendcompletely across from the wall 7 to the wall 9, has a channel or slit28 formed adjacent to the scoring 26, the lateral portions of whichchannel or slit terminate in the scoring 26 and continue into theelongated portion of such slit which runs parallel to the scoring 26.The flap 16 preferably is of sufficient length from the scoring 27 tothe free edge thereof running parallel to said scoring 27 to extendcompletely across from one wall 7 to the other wall 9 and is providedwith the intersecting slit formation 29 substantially in the center ofthe portion of the flap extending from wall 7 to wall 9.

The flaps 17 and 18 are shown identical in construction and are providedwith scorings 30 and 31, respectively, running parallel to the scorings24 and 25 and equally spaced therefrom. The portions of the flaps 17 and18 from the scorings 30 and 31 to the free edges thereof runningparallel to such scorings are of suflicient dimensions to extendcompletely across from wall 7 to wall 9 and are provided with elongatedrecesses 32 which extend from the free edges of such flaps 17 and 18perpendicularly to the scorings 30 and 3l to and beyond the center ofthe portions of such flaps which are intended to extend from wall 7 towall 9.

When packing an article such as an electric lamp bulb 20 in a cartonproduced by a blank as aforesaid, either the flaps l7 and 18 or theflaps 15 and 16 are first anchored to one another. If the flaps 15 and16 are .first anchored in place the manipulation is substantially asfollows: The flap 15 is bent inward along its scoring 22 and the lipformed by the channel or slit 28 bent outward above the portion of theflap 15 which is bent outward along the scoring 26, whereupon the flap16 is bent inward along its scoring 23 and further bent along itsscoring 27 outward so that its free edge extends over toward the wall 7and engages between the lip formed by the channel or slit 28 and theportion of the flap 15 disposed therebelow. Thereupon the lamp bulb 20is inserted in the carton and-its teat 19 thrust into the slit formation29, and thereupon first the flap l7 bent inward along its scoring 24 andthen further bent along its scoring 30 and its recess passed over thecap 21 of the bulb so that the edges thereof engage the threads of thecap as shown, and thereupon the other flap 18, likewise bent and securedto the cap 21, when the bulb is packed and ready for shipment. When thebulb is packed as aforesaid, it will be seen that the interlocking ofthe flaps 15 and 16 is such that even should the carton drop on the endthereof on which the flaps 15 and 16 are formed, the flaps 15 and 16will resiliently and yet firmly anchor the lamp bulb so that its teat19' cannot project beyond the edge of the carton and con-tact with anysurface that may be flush with such edge.

The side-walls 6, 7, 8 and 9, form, with the vertically bent portions ofthe flaps 15 and 16, and 17 and 18, adjacent to and parallel with theside-walls, an extending protective portion of the carton above andbelow the plane of the top and bottom of the electric lamp or otherarticle in the carton, further to protect such lamp or article.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made to thedetails of construction without departing from the spirit of myinvention, or exceeding the scope of the claims.

I claim:

1. A carton embracing a side-walled construction having opposing flapsat the ends thereof that interlock to form supporting platforms for anarticle contained in the car ton removed from the ends of the carton,the side-walls forming, with vertically bent portions of opposing flapsadjacent to and parallel with the side-walls, an extending rotectiveportion of the carton above and below the plane of the top and bottom ofthe article in the carton.

2. A carton embracing a side-walled construction having opposing flapsformed at each end of said side-walled construction, portions of saidopposing flaps being folded against the inside of said side-walledconstruction, there being'a slit in one of said opposing flaps andforming a lip, another portion of the other of said opposing flapsextending across to engage said lip, and interlocking at its center withthe end of an article to be supported.

3. A carton for supporting an electric lamp bulb embracing a side-walledconstruction having opposing flaps formed at one end of its side-walledconstruction, portions of said opposing flaps being folded against theinside of said side-walled construction, a lip projecting outwardly fromone of said opposing flaps, another portion of the other of saidopposing flaps extending across to engage said lip and interlocking atits center w1th the teat of the bulb to be supported.

4. A carton for supporting an electric lamp bulb embracing .aside-walled construction having opposing flaps formed at one end of itsside-walled construction, portions of said opposing flaps being foldedagainst the inside of said side-Walled construction, a lip projectingoutwardly from one of said opposing flaps, another portion of the otherof said opposing flaps extending across to engage said lip and interlockat its center with the teat of the bulb to be supported, and a secondset of opposing flaps formed at the other end of said side-walledconstruction, portions of said second set of flaps being folded againstthe inside of said sidewalled construction, other portions of said flapshaving recesses formed therein and extending across to engage oneanother and receive the cap of the bulb in said recesses.

5. A carton embracing a side-walledconstruction having opposing flapsformed on the ends of said side-Walled construction, portions of saidflaps being folded against the inside of said side-Walled construction,and other portions of said flaps extending across to interlock with oneanother and the article to be supported to resiliently support sucharticle, the side-walls formlng, with vertically bent portions ofopposing flaps adj acent to and parallel with the .side walls, anextending protective portion of the carton above and below the plane ofthe teat and cap of the lamp bulb in the carton.

6.'A carton for supporting an electric' lamp bulb embracing a, side-wallconstruction and opposing flaps, the side-walls forming, with verticallybent portions of opposing flaps adjacent to and parallel with theside-walls, an extending protective portion of the carton above andbelow the plane of the teat and cap of the lamp bulb in the carton.

- EDWARD O. TINSLEY. Witnesses H. I. SIEGEL, H. D. PENNEY.

